8: Barty GOAL! (Second Update!) )
With a 2-0 lead in the opening six minutes, the Argentines quickly took the initiative.
But it was clear that Nichilia was not willing to lose the whole game like this, and there were still more than 80 minutes left in the game!
After conceding two goals in a row in the opening period, the Nigerians finally got a little more normal, and the African Eagles recovered from their nerves at the opening stage, and under the leadership of their midfield maestro Okocha, the African Eagles launched a couple of good attacks.
Leon also retreated to the backfield to strengthen Argentina's defense when defending, and he played as a midfielder at River Plate, so he was also very comfortable defending.
"León is really like a captain in Argentina, and he can be seen busy when the team is attacking and defending...... " said Varidek on Sputnik Argentina.
"That's true, at least so far in the game, he's not bad as a captain." Although Kempes is also curious about why the Argentine players chose Leon as the captain, but no matter what, the Argentine team is playing well now.
The players are wholeheartedly trying to play well, and this kind of atmosphere is absolutely not available in León's previous Argentine national team.
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On the pitch, Leon, who was keeping an eye on Okocha, also struggled to force the African Eagles' eagle king to pass the ball......
The World Cup is the World Cup...... Leon felt that if it was one-on-one, he didn't have any confidence that he would be able to defend any of Nirilia's players alone.
Leon's current strengths are infinitely magnified by himself, which is his skill with his feet and his team-mates in attack.
But his physical and defensive flaws are also infinitely magnified.
Fortunately, Argentina's midfield has Sorin, Zanetti, and Simeone to fill in for him, although the defensive quality of the Argentine team is not as good as that of Italy and France, but at least in 02, the Argentine backline did not have too much pit except for the goalkeeper.
And the Nigerians did not dare to attack with all their might, the strength of the Argentines was too strong!
However, the Nigerians soon ushered in a turnaround, and in the 11th minute of the first half, Argentina received their first yellow card of this World Cup, when Simeone brought down Niglia's midfield dribbling master Okocha while defending in midfield......
French referee Gille showed him a yellow card.
Simeone's yellow card came too soon, and Leon had to focus more on defending in the next game.
Gradually, the Argentine offensive weakened, while the Nigerian offensive rose!
Football is such a trade-off sport.
In the seventeenth minute of the first half, Okocha shook Simeone with a clever pull pass and then kicked directly outside the penalty area!
His long-range shot hit the Argentine crossbar hard! Shocked the Argentines in a cold sweat!
Okocha's shot also woke up the fighting spirit of the eagles!
In the twentieth minute of the first half, the Niglia formed a siege in the front, Okocha deducted the captain of the Argentine national team, Leonwill, and then went straight into the penalty area, this time, the Argentine goalkeeper Boggs, who has always been regarded as a hidden danger, saved the Argentine team once!
He saved Niglia striker Laval's shot from close range!
The two successive attacks of the Niglia that were infinitely close to the goal also sounded the alarm for the Argentine backline.
At this time, Zanetti also walked towards the captain Leon, "Leon, it's not a way to keep going, we have to find a way to attack, you are the captain, you need to echo your teammates!" ”
Leon nodded, indeed, his captain can't just be a decoration!
In the twenty-third minute of the first half, there was another gap in the Argentine backline, and this time, Leon directly tackled the Niglia player.
Referee Giller ruled that Leon touched the ball first, so it was a good shot.
After the tackle, Leon stood up and clapped his hands at his teammates: "Guys! Improves concentration! We're going to fight back! You can't be beaten passively! After the ball is broken, we need to increase the individual dribble instead of passing the ball out randomly! This will only make us more passive! ”
All the teammates nodded, and at this time, Barty, Ortega, Zanetti, and Simeone also smiled, this kid is starting to look like a captain.
The Niglia attack is fierce, but the reason for their ferocity is actually that there are too many ineffective passes when Argentina attack, and Niglia's defense is very large, so it is easy to cut off Argentine passes.
But this expanded defense also gave Argentina's stars a chance to perform.
After stabilizing the morale of the army, Leon once again led by example, using his skillful ball control skills in the middle to avoid two stealing Nijilia players before handing the ball to the left.
It's an offensive link for River Plate.
The little donkey Ortega easily left Nichilia's right-back Sawyer behind, and his successive smash feints made the easily excited Sawyer blindly scramble, and Ortega easily brushed off his feet and crossed......
In the middle lane, it's Barty, the god of war again!
Barty was in really good shape today, but it's a pity that Barty deflected the ball a little bit.
Although Barty's header was missed, the Argentines have begun to find a way to play against Nigeria, who are now more anxious than they are, so their defence has expanded greatly.
At this point, the Argentine players can use their excellent individual ability to open up the situation.
In particular, Leon's role gradually came into play, and his combination with Gallardo and Ortega complemented each other perfectly, and Argentina regained control of the game after ten minutes of suppression.
That's the way it is in offensive battles, when you find a way to suppress your opponent, your opponent can only be beaten.
Leon increased the echo with his teammates instead of not saying a word.
A captain who doesn't say a word is not a good captain, and Leon will lead by example when switching between attack and defence, so that other Argentine players must do the same.
As time went on, Argentina got better and better.
"Kempes, maybe, the players made the right decision, Leon is a captain's fodder." Varidec couldn't help but say.
"Well, at least so far, he's done a good job." Kempes nodded and said.
While the two Argentine commentators were still discussing how Leonville was doing, on the pitch, in the 35th minute of the first half, the Argentines launched another beautiful attack.
This is Leon's wonderful triangle cooperation with Zanetti and Sorin in the midfield, Leon broke through the middle and then played an amazing small-range pass with Gallardo and Ortega in the front, and finally Ortega entered the penalty area and shot low......
It's a pity that Schorum, the incomprehensible Nigerian goalkeeper, made a flying save and blocked Ortega's shot off the line.
This made the little donkey look so sorry, and he covered his face with his hand and shook his head regretfully.
The Argentine fans at the Ibaraki World Cup stadium sighed and gave applause to the Argentine national team players who performed well.
Almost, Argentina had a 3-0 lead.
On the field, the players of Nizhilia also ran back to the penalty area, and Argentina won the third corner of the game.
The corners were still taken by Leon, whose free-kick skills had already made the Nigerians suffer enough, León's first penalty of the day was in front of the goal, by Barty's header, and the second corner was driven to the back point, Samuel's header was deflected......
This is a bit scary, because Leon's previous two corners were won by teammates.
The Nissilians were very afraid of air combat, and in their previous lives they could not bargain against the tall Swedes because of their height and strength.
There is nothing to say about the skill and speed of the Nisilians, and in the World Cup, no one dares to treat them as underdogs.
However, when the handsome captain of the Argentine national team went to take a corner kick again, the players of Nisilla also returned to the defense...... Even striker Laval came back to help defend.
"The air defense sirens are sounding over the Nichilians!" The Argentines have rarely fought such a cool air battle, but today the gods of war Barty and Samuel have already lived in the airspace of Nichilia!
At the Ibaraki World Cup Stadium, the Argentine fans also cheered for Leonwill, who was about to kick a corner kick, with neat and rhythmic applause......
Run, kick up! Leonwill's corner kick was different from the previous two times, the ball was fast and flat, and Simeone hit it like lightning at the front point!
Bang!
Simeone hit the ball on the crossbar!
Nisilia's defenders hurriedly stepped forward to clear the siege!
Simeone also covered his face with his hands with the same regret as Ortega just now! It was a shame that Ortega and Simeone missed two great chances in a row.
"I have to say that Leonwill's set-piece skills will definitely become a big offensive weapon for the Argentine national team in the future." Kempes said with emotion.
'Well, his set-pieces are really characterful and varied. Varideck also commented.
On the pitch, the Nilya, who was almost beaten to 3-0, is now like a frightened bird, and the momentum of the African eagle has been completely knocked out.
This is also one of the characteristics of offensive warfare, whoever has more tenacious willpower and a stronger desire to carry out the offensive will have a higher chance of having the last laugh!
In the face of the frightened bird of Nisalia, Argentina then launched several threatening offensives.
Nijilia is now very strict with Barty, and wherever Barty goes, there are Nichilia players.
However, Nisalia kept a tight eye on Barty, but missed Leonwill.
Argentina has too many attacking points in the frontcourt, which makes Nigeria unable to defend against it!
By half-time, the Argentines came close to sealing their first World Cup group stage victory.
It was Leonwill's breakthrough in the middle, as he distracted the Niglia defence and picked up the ball into the middle of the box......
In this awkward position, the two Nizhilia defenders had the opportunity to clear the ball first, but just when West thought that Ocloku would clear the siege, and Ocloku thought that West would clear the siege, when the two let go, the god of war Barty was not polite to them!
He snatched it straight between the two of them, and then burst out of the door!
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!”
"Batty goal! Batty goal!!! Bhatti goal!!!!! ”
"Hat-trick! Hattie of the god of war! His twelfth goal of the World Cup, he went towards Gerd Muller's record! Oh my God, he and Leonwill have a good understanding, and this goal came from the assist of the captain of the Argentine national team, Leonwill has completed a hat-trick of assists!!! "The Argentine fans were completely immersed in a sea of joy.
Just when everyone thought that the favorite to win the championship was likely to fall into a bitter battle in the match with Niglia, Leonville, the captain of the Argentine national team, only made three wonderful passes to Barty on the first day in Argentina!
His captaincy is no longer in doubt, and his position as the main player of the Argentine national team is no longer questioned......
Maybe León still has many flaws, such as confrontation, such as experience, but his tacit cooperation with his teammates is not comparable to Juan Perón on the bench......
Leon, who completed a hat trick of assists in the first half, also hugged Barty, Ortega, Gallardo and other teammates one by one again.
And Leon has finally broken through the bottleneck and reached the early stage of the ninth level of top professional players! He's just one step away from the top 10 pros now!
When he reaches level ten, then he only needs to use the second task reward of that 'First Fan' side quest to get an intermediate upgrade fruit that can instantly raise him to the star level!
Spherical ...... What a coveted level.
When it comes to the ball star, Leon can look at the superstar who changes his life, the superstar who leads the way, and the superstar who stands at the top......
Of course, there is also the king of the ball that seems to be out of reach now!
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